fakehatecrimes.org

fake hate crimes: a database of hate crime hoaxes in the usa



The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are also recommended.

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386. A student who reported herself as a victim of a hate crime has been charged with faking it. She alle... 2019-11-01 La Verne CA

title
Smells like Smollett: California student faces felonies for allegedly faking violent hate crimes

name
Campus Reform

authors
Asa Franckewitz

url
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14832

summary
Dominguez Peña is facing multiple felony charges for fake hate crimes. “It was also distressing to think about the fact that racism in the United States is so profoundly a part of the lives of people of color that a student felt compelled to do something illegal and immoral to bring attention to the problem,” said La Verne professor Judy Holiday.

date read
2020-05-06

date published
2020-05-06


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